As you can see, I made a couple of additions/changes to both of these pictures since I thought they were a little blah. My violin bow looks sort of big, but I think they actually are longer than the violin. I had a hard time coming up with something to put in the letter x, but I’m pretty happy with the music notes, although I think real xylophone music doesn’t look anything like that.
I am really running out of steam on this project — only one more week of summer vacation until school begins and I hope to have the top done by then. The pinwheel blocks are sewn, so it’s just a matter of stitching y and z and putting the last two rows together.
Thanks everyone for the nice comments on the circus quilt idea. I’m excited to begin.
The V reminds me of the movie “The Red Violin” and the music notes are just the right touch for the X! The whole project is just super well done!
Hi Martha – yes violin bows are longer than a violin – I love the renaissance look of yours 🙂
And Jan – ‘The Red Violin’ movie is one of my favourites 🙂
You may be running out of steam, but it certainly doesn’t show in your blocks! They are WONDERFUL!!! Both are deceptively simple looking, but on closer inspection you realize how much detail and shading there is on them. I LOVE the fill patterns you chose for both letters! And I was curious so I looked for xylophone sheet music online and found a Chromatic Fox Trot for your viewing pleasure here:
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside/2914391/image/142224
Same music scoring!
Enjoy your last week of vacation and happy stitching!